Posts Tagged: Tunisia
The President of Tunisia Slanders the Jews
Ten years after the so-called “Arab Spring” began in Tunisia, that country is in the headlines once again. A series of violent demonstrations have taken...
Battling for the Mideast’s Future: Arab Protests 2.0
Developments across north Africa and the Middle East demonstrate that the drivers of the 2011 popular revolts that swept the region and forced the leaders...
Tunisia Says UN Official Arrested in Anti-Terrorism Probe
Tunisian authorities have detained a UN official involved in monitoring an international arms embargo on Libya as part of an investigation by an anti-terrorism unit,...
Tunisia’s New Jewish Tourism Minister: ‘I Think My Nomination Is a Message’
Tunisia's newly-appointed tourism minister, Jewish businessman Rene Trabelsi, believes his nomination sends a strong signal to the rest of the world. "I think my nomination is...
Tunisia’s First Jewish Minister in Decades Sparks Public Protest
JNS.org - Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed’s decision to appoint a Jewish businessman to the post of tourism minister has been met with protest in...
UK’s Corbyn Admits He Was ‘Present’ at Memorial Honoring Munich Terrorists
JNS.org - The United Kingdom’s opposition and Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted that he was present at a memorial ceremony in 2014 in Tunisia...
Report: Croatia Arrests Bosnian Over 2016 Assassination of Hamas Member in Tunisia
Croatian police have arrested a Bosnian citizen who may be extradited to Tunisia over his alleged involvement in the killing of a Tunisian in 2016...
In Unusual Move, Tunisian Islamist Party Runs Jewish Candidate for Office
A Tunisian Islamist party has made the unusual move of running a Jewish candidate for local office. According to the Hebrew news site Walla, Simon Salama...
Tunisian Jewish School Attacked, as Anti-Government Protests Rage Elsewhere
A Jewish school on a Tunisian island was attacked late on Tuesday as police battled violent unrest elsewhere in the country, arresting more than 200...
Federally-Funded US Institute for Peace Hosts Pro-Hamas Tunisian Group
Last month, a pro-Hamas leader of Tunisia's Muslim Brotherhood-linked Ennahda Party met with the federally-funded US Institute for Peace (USIP) in Washington. The November 29 meeting covered the relationship between Islam...
A BDS Lesson from Tunisia
JNS.org - To get a sense of what really lies beneath the campaign to boycott Israel -- which is about much more than just boycotting Israel -- it can be...
Top UK Jewish Officials Slam Corbyn Over 2014 Visit to Grave of Palestinian Terrorist Linked to Munich Massacre
Top UK Jewish officials have expressed concern over a Sunday Times report that Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn took part in an event at a...
Tunisian Lawmaker Apologizes for Offending Jews With Derogatory Word
A Tunisian lawmaker has apologized for offending Jews at a parliamentary meeting, an Arabic language media outlet reported earlier this week. According to the Nessma TV report...
Mossad Blamed After Tunisian Scientist ‘With Hamas Ties’ Killed
Mohammed Al-Zoari, an aviation scientist and engineer with links to Palestinian terror group Hamas, was shot dead at point-blank range on Thursday in the Tunisian...
